Dr. Umar Johnson, a widely known activist and educator with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, rejected an interview provide of $10,000 from the Kamala Harris marketing campaign, calling out a manipulative technique to win over the black vote.
“Black vote ain’t on the market no extra,” Johnson stated, emphasizing that the times of pandering to black voters with empty guarantees and monetary incentives are over.
Johnson shared a screenshot of the textual content from the Kamala marketing campaign providing him cash to do the interview.
The textual content reads:
“Howdy Dr. Umar Johnson. [redacted] from the Harris2024 crew. You’re a large a part of the black neighborhood. Are you able to assist us by finishing a Zoom assembly with VP Kamala Harris. Paying [redacted] are searching for about an hour of your time. Please advise if you need to finish the Zoom name. Your assist can get us throughout the end line. HARRIS2024”
Johnson responded:
“Peace & PanAfrikanism. I hope that each one is nicely. I’m not desirous about your cash. Nevertheless, I’m very desirous about having the zoom dialog with Vice President Harris to debate our wants and her plans for the Black neighborhood. This zoom have to be livecasted to the nationwide Black neighborhood and might not be prerecorded.
I promise to be fully respectful of the Vice President however I’ll ask direct questions on miseducation, mass incarceration, police brutality, financial strangulation, gentrification/ migrant disaster, reparations & and the necessity for a federal anti-Black Hate Crimes Invoice.”
In a video posted on social media, Johnson accused the Harris marketing campaign of partaking in what he known as “Democrat Plantation techniques,” utilizing black celebrities to stress and disgrace the black neighborhood into voting for a celebration that, in his view, presents little in return.
In a pointed message to standard radio hosts Rickey Smiley and Steve Harvey, Dr. Johnson accused them of being complicit on this effort, claiming they had been “paid to hold on” in assist of Kamala Harris.
He urged them to cease utilizing their platforms to govern black voters, suggesting that their public shows of assist for Harris had been extra about cashing in than real political advocacy.
“Ricky Smiley, I like you. However crying on the radio for Kamala Harris, my brother, that’s an all-time low. Don’t try this once more, Ricky Smiley. Don’t you get in your radio present and cry for Kamala? Don’t you try this, my brother. If you wish to cry for Kabama Harris, you try this within the privateness of your own home. But when we’re going to be trustworthy, Steve Harvey and Ricky Smiley—and I like you each, no hate to my large brothers—but when we’re going to be trustworthy, Ricky Smiley and Steve Harvey, you all solely carried on since you all acquired paid to hold on,” Johnson stated.
“Can we please be trustworthy? Can we? See, I would like you to grasp, overstate, and perceive what King Kong is speaking about. You all carried on since you all acquired paid to hold on. Kamala Harris within the Democratic Plantation is paying you, celebrities, paying you to disgrace black folks into voting. You all know we’re going to get nothing out of that vote,” he added.
Johnson stated he dismissed the provide of $10,000 outright, stating, “I don’t need your cash, however we are able to positively do the interview. Preserve your rattling cash. King Kong consciousness ain’t on the market.”
He proclaimed himself as a part of a motion rooted in authenticity and ancestral delight, stating, “You’re coping with actual African DNA. That is actual ancestral vitality over right here.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: Professional-Black Activist Dr. Umar Johnson reveals that the Harris marketing campaign provided him $10,000 to do an interview with Kamala Harris
“Black vote ain’t on the market no extra…”
“Don’t you get in your radio present for Kabama Harris.”
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